How To Price Commercial Carpet Cleaning With Encapsulation

How to price commercial carpet cleaning with the encapsulation method and make top dollar.

[@beckermazing]

Texas business here - I was price shopping and have found that most are $0.25 - $0.35/sqft! Which is a big range but, matches what you're saying about access and if it's recurring! Thanks for this video!

[@EncapTV]

Thanks for your comment. It seems that starting around.25 per sq ft (and quickly ramping up) is the trend we're seeing in most metropolitan areas around the country these days.

[@keithchapman1477]

Good information thanks. Whats the average for residential?

[@EncapTV]

My universe was always commercial only. But from what I'm hearing residential is typically .30 - .50 per sq ft, and in some markets higher.

[@aaronbaum2542]

This was very helpful Rick! Thank you!!

[@EncapTV]

Great! We often get questions about pricing. So I was hoping this information would be helpful.

[@YoMommaSoFatt1]

good stuff as always

[@EncapTV]

Happy to hear that you're finding the content helpful!

[@sdoriginal18]

Hey Rick, I stumbled on this video and was interested on your take on vehicle carpet clean pricing with encap. Just got my first gallon and am excited to see the results.

[@EncapTV]

Unfortunately I'm not a car detailer expert, so I wouldn't know what the going rate is for that. Commercial carpet cleaning is my specialty. Sorry.

[@sdoriginal18]

@@EncapTV no worries thank you anyways :)

[@johnnylusk3387]

Does the 2000 to 3000 sqft an hour factor in pre and post vacuuming?

[@EncapTV]

No that number is the rate for the actual encap cleaning process.

[@Gio-dh7fc]

Would this still apply for apartment complex hallways with multiple floors and stairs cases?

[@EncapTV]

You could make out okay doing apartment hallways starting at 25 cents per sq ft, and then going up or down on a sliding scale as described in the video.

[@richardmartinez2973]

Hi so I just priced a large facility for me about 5000 sq ft, there are offices, couple large cubicle areas with floor protectors and trash cans chairs, conference room with table chairs. I only have a 175, with some encap detergent from interlink. A small vacuum. I scared to price wrong because they are getting bid from the janitor as well

[@EncapTV]

You are working with a 175 which is a bit less efficient; coupled with a mediocre encap detergent. So you won't be able to achieve the highest performance. In other words, you'll need to slow it down a little, making some additional slow dry passes to get it clean. You should be able to get at least 15 cents per sq ft, unless you're in an extremely remote area. Where are you located? Does your 175 have a shampoo tank?

[@joegingerich159]

The price of commercial carpet cleaning seems like it’s been frozen in time since the mid 90’s. I had a guy (who owned a supply warehouse) tell me he was getting $.25 a ft2 for commercial back in the mid 80’s.

[@EncapTV]

Some parts of the country yield higher rates. But this is the general ballpark for commercial work. Keep in mind that encap cleaning with a Cimex yields 2,000 to 3,000 sq ft per hour. So at the midrange of 2,500 sq ft per hour @ .25 per sq ft you'd be generating $500 per hour!

[@neildepressedtyson540]

In Australia most cleaners I know charge about $11 a metre, which is 3 feet. In American dollars it's probably $3 a foot. I'd maybe drop to $8 or so if it was over 1000 metres